Josh Turner Celebrates 20th Anniversary Of ‘Your Man’ With Deluxe Editions

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Josh Turner is celebrating 20 years since the release of his sophomore album Your Man, and its enduring legacy with a suite of 20th Anniversary Editions arriving Aug. 14 via MCA/UMe.

Available on 180-gram black vinyl, limited edition 180-gram Turquoise color vinyl, CD and digitally, the expanded release will feature the fan-favorite bonus song “Hard Headed,” a rare track Turner released in 2006 as an iTunes exclusive that will be making its streaming debut on all platforms. The anniversary vinyl edition was newly mastered from the original analog tapes by Kevin Reeves at East Iris Studios, who also cut the lacquers.

The digital deluxe edition, originally released in 2021 to commemorate the album’s 15th anniversary, will be expanded with the additions of “Hard Headed” and live versions of “Your Man” and “Me and God,” captured at Nashville’s historic Hermitage Hotel in 2021. Both performances, currently available to watch on Turner’s YouTube channel, will make their streaming debuts.

“As my sophomore album, Your Man, celebrates its 20th anniversary, I’m moved at how it has continued to gain new fans,” says Turner. “I still play all three singles from that record because you fans won’t let me out of any venue until I do!! Thank y’all for your support and enthusiasm over the past two decades! Let’s keep it going!”

Your Man debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart, becoming the highest-charting album of Turner’s career at the time. At the heart of the album was its title track, “Your Man,” written by Chris Stapleton, Chris DuBois and Jace Everett. Released in July 2005 as the project’s lead single, the song became Turner’s first No. 1 hit in early 2006 and remains one of the defining songs of his career. The song also marked the first No. 1 country hit written or co-written by Stapleton, years before he emerged as one of the genre’s most celebrated artists. “Your Man” earned ASCAP and BMI honors and has since been certified 4x Platinum. The video for the song, which featured Turner’s wife Jennifer, has amassed more than 277 million views.

The album’s success continued with the chart-topping 3x Platinum “Would You Go with Me” and the beloved “Me and God,” helping Turner earn Grammy nominations for Best Country Album and Best Male Country Vocal Performance for “Would You Go with Me” at the 49th Annual Grammys. The collection also featured Turner’s rendition of the Don Williams classic “Lord Have Mercy on a Country Boy.”

Two decades later, “Your Man” continues to resonate across generations of country fans and artists. In May, Scotty McCreery released a new version of the song featuring Turner, with the two revisiting the track McCreery notably performed during his 2011 American Idol audition. The collaboration appears on McCreery’s upcoming greatest hits collection, 15, due out July 17.

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